Cops tweet at news chopper to back off during highway standoff – New York Post

A wild high-speed chase involving an 18-wheeler got even wilder when cops had to tell a news chopper to back off during a standoff with the truck driver.

Police in Fort Worth, Texas, tried to stop the truck — believed to be stolen — on Interstate 30 Friday afternoon but the driver wouldn’t pull over, according to local TV station Fox 4 News.

Instead, the driver took cops on a high-speed chase of up to 100 mph before smashing into other vehicles. The pursuit ended in a fiery crash, leaving the semi’s load burning on the highway near another charred vehicle. The driver of the bystander’s car was able to escape with non life-threatening injuries, Fox 4 reported.

Ambulance crews reported none of the drivers in the other cars involved in the chase were seriously hurt.

Officers and a SWAT team approached the truck’s cab, where the man inside had apparently barricaded himself inside.

But the standoff was interrupted by a news helicopter that was hovering directly overhead. Fort Worth police jumped on Twitter to ask the chopper to move away, saying the noise was interfering with the standoff.